Optical Properties of Nanomaterials 12: Thin films

Lecture by Nicolas Vogel. This course gives an introduction to the optical properties of different nanomaterials. We derive fundamental relations describing the interactions between materials and electromagnetic radiation and discuss the resulting optical properties for dielectric, metallic and semiconducting particles.


This chapter discusses structural color arising from interference effect of light waves interacting with thin films. It includes:


Thin film interference
Structural color by constructive interference
Anti-reflective coatings from destructive interference
Multilayer interference
Examples from nature and technology
Particle-based thin films and multilayers


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